The tale of the kind and the unkind girls : AA-TH 480 and related titles

Originally published: Berlin: W. de Gruyter, c1958..

Preface. 1 Introduction. Table 1 - The versions of the tale. Table 2 - The elements of the tale. 2 The following the river subtype. 3 The encounters en route subtype. 4 Other European subtypes and groups. 5 Type 480 outside Europe. 6 Conclusions

'First published in 1958...considered a monumental study in folklore circles....a major contribution to comparative folklore study, documenting how a story changes as it circulates from land to land....one of the few studies in English to employ the historic-geographic method.'

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